Shade-roller bracket



(No Model.)

D. E. S'HBRWOQD. SHADE ROLLER BRACKET.

N0.594,762. ,l l Patented Novqmlagv;

UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

DALTON E. SHERIVOOD, OF HOADLEYS, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHADE-'ROLLER BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 594,762, dated November30, 1897.

Application led May S, 1897. Serial No. 634,916. (No model.) Y

To all whom it' 'may concern:

Be it known that I, DALTON E. SHEEwoon, of Hoadleys, in the county ofWayne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shade-Roller Brackets 5 and I do hereby declare-thefollowing to be a f ull, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to adjustable shaderoller brackets; and itconsists of the details of construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the present invention is to simplify devices of thischaracter and render them more positive in their action by a simple andeffective construction and operation, the parts being comparativelyinexpensive in the cost of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved device, showing a shade-roller in connection therewith. Fig. 2is a detail perspective View of the improved bracket. Fig. 3 is asection on the line a: Fig. 2. l

Referring to the drawings,wherein similar numerals of reference Vareemployed to indi,- cate corresponding parts in the several views, thenumerals 1 and 2 designate opposite sections-composing the bracket, eachof which has at its outer end an angular projecting ear 3,with anopening4 therein to receive the opposite ends of a shade-roller. Thesection 1 has a slot 5 formed in one end thereof, the walls 6 of whichare beveled, as shown in Fig. 3. The section 2 is provided with a tongue7 ,with opposite beveled edges 8 to adj ustably engage the slot 5 toprevent disconnection when the bracket is placed in operative positionby an outward pressure exerted against the tongue of the sectioncarrying the same, it being understood, of course, that the walls oftheslot 5 and tongue 7 are beveled in opposite directions. The tongue 7also carries a pair of clips 9, which are secured thereto, and haveangularly-bent ends 10, embracing the adjacent upper and lower edges ofthe section 1 on opposite sides of the slot 5 therein to prevent thesaid tongue at this point from spreading in view of the slotted structhetongue 7,with which the ends of the section l engage when the device isentirely closed, thus making the continuous bracket of uniform Widththroughout its length.

In operation the bracket-sections are adjusted to accommodate the lengthof the shaderoller to be mounted therein, and when the proper adjustmenthas been secured the parts are held by fastenings inserted through theapertures 11, 12, and 13, and thereby hold the opposite ends of theshade-roller Ain connection with the ears 3, projecting outwardly fromthe opposite ends of the sections l and 2. If afterward itis desired tomount ashaderoller in connection with the bracket differing in lengthfrom that previously in engagement therewith, the two sections 1 and 2may be lengthened or shortened to accommodate the length of the saidshade-roller.

The device is exceptionally convenient in that it can be used repeatedlyand may be constructed of wood or metal in whole or in part, and it isobviously apparent that many minor changes in the details ofconstruction might be made and substituted for those shown and describedwithout in the least departing from the nature or spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new is- In anadjustable shade-roller bracket, the combination of two adjustablesections, each of which has an angularly-disposed ear at its outer endto receive the opposite ends of a shade-roller, one section beingformedwith a slot which extends entirely therethrough and having the upper andlower walls thereof converged toward the outer surface to contract theslot at the front and enlarge it at the rear, the other section beingformed with a tongue having corresponding beveled edges to movably fitin said slot and make a fiush joint at the front and rear, openingsbeing formed in the said parts through which the IOO fastening devicesare passed to secure the adspeeication in the presence of twosubscribjustment, and clips secured to` the front of ing Witnesses.

said tongue and having angularly-bent ends to engage the upper and loweredges of the DALTON E SHERVOOD' 5 slotted section, substantially as andfor the Witnesses:

purposes speoied. THOMAS V. TAFT,

In testimony whereof I have sig-ned this j JAMES MUNDY.

